# Creating and Applying Patch in Git

I’m using the [erdaltsksn/blank](https://github.com/erdaltsksn/blank) as a Template for my open-source projects. When I make a commit in this repository, I need to apply the same commit to every repository in my account, which means lots of repetitive work. But there is a simple solution for this kind of work in Git.

We will create a patch file containing the changes and then import it. This will redo every step to match the changes to the repository as a new commit.

```bash
git format-patch -n HEAD~1
```

The second step is to import the patch. There are a couple of options for that, but we’ll use the simplest one.

```bash
git am 0001-lets-make-patch-to-our-repo.patch
```

The `am` means "**a**pply from a mailbox" because it was originally created to apply emailed patches.

### References

1.  [https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch)